ACM SIGHPC

The #TOP500 list is entering a new chapter. #SIGHPC is transitioning into ownership of the list! For SIGHPC members, the transition represents an opportunity to both preserve TOP500’s legacy and help shape its future.

To read more about what's changing, what's staying the same, and more, visit: sighpc.org/home

The Ewing "Rusty" Lusk Travel Scholarship applications are now open!

This scholarship provides full conference registration plus up to $1,600 in travel reimbursement (depending on departure continent relative to the conference location) to help graduate students attend the PASC, PEARC, and SC conferences when they lack institutional funding support. We are accepting applications now for the SC26 conference.

Application deadline: 30 September, 11:59 PM AoE (notifications sent by ~30 October)

More details and the application form can be found at: sighpc.org/opportunities/…

Congratulations to Tanzima Islam and Olga Pearce on being the #SIGHPC 2026 Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award!

Tanzima (@tzislam), associated with @txst and @BrookhavenLab, is honored for sustained technical excellence in HPC and for a rare depth of leadership in research, mentoring, and community building.

Olga, associated with @Livermore_Comp and @TAMU, is honored for transformative contributions to HPC software infrastructure and benchmarking, including production tools now embedded in national missions and used widely across the field.

Both will receive the award at @Supercomputing, the HPC community's premier annual conference.

To read more about each winner and the award itself, please visit: lnkd.in/ezaUn7gg

The Ewing "Rusty" Lusk Travel Scholarship closes at the end of the month (30 September)! Get your applications in!

More info and apply: sighpc.org/opportunities/…

This year's #SIGHPC Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award Winner is Dr. J. Gregory Pauloski! Dr. Pauloski's dissertation confronts the challenge of programming distributed science applications across the "computing continuum."

To read more and learn about the award, visit: sighpc.org